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Mendes for Bond #24
by Robert T. Trate, News Editor (June 09, 2013)Sorry to be reporting this one a few days late Maniacs. It kept switching from probably, to maybe to he is in talks, to it is going to be someone else. Well it is now official. Sam Mendes, the director of Bond #23 aka Skyfall aka the first billion dollar B

Hobbit 2 Trailer with Man of Steel
by Robert T. Trate, News Editor (June 07, 2013)As if seeing Man of Steel wasn’t enough next week, Warner Brothers just added some more incentive. The trailer for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey sequel, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug will now premiere with the Man of Steel. A

Mortal Instruments: Official Trailer
by Robert T. Trate, News Editor (June 07, 2013)Here is the trailer and plot for Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. When I watch this trailer I see nothing more than the next wanna be Twilight. Which is all Beautiful Creatures tried to be. Everything just falls too perfectly into place here.

Mania Review: The Purge
by Rob Vaux, Mania Critic (June 07, 2013)Plausibility informs any piece of good science fiction, which technically includes The Purge. Do we believe that this could happen, and – more importantly – that the characters we see would react the way they do? If you’ve got that, then chances are

Mania Review: Much Ado about Nothing
by Rob Vaux, Mania Critic (June 07, 2013)Following my screening of Joss Whedon’s Much Ado about Nothing, one of my fellow critics used the unkind term “community college production.” Another one said “that’s kind of the point,” and it is. Shakespeare belongs to everyone, not just the

Man of Steel Nokia TRAILER
by Robert T. Trate, News Editor (June 06, 2013)Check out the Man of Steel Nokia TRAILER. Could this film actually be as epic as it looks? Only seven days to find out. Spoilers abound here but it is worth the watch!

Getaway: Official Trailer
by Robert T. Trate, News Editor (June 06, 2013)Check out this trailer from the next Ethan Hawke movie. He really seems to be cranking them out. Bare with this trailer, the film has promise.

Shock-O-Rama: Summer Evenings at the Drive-In: Part 3
by Chuck Francisco, Columnist and Critic (June 06, 2013)As you cram half a dozen of your friends into the trunk and roll up to the ticket booth with deception in your heart, the hope and promise of a mischievous evening at the drive-in dawns even as the sun sets. Giant monster movies and teen sex comedies were

MAN OF STEEL: Official Clip #2
by Robert T. Trate, News Editor (June 05, 2013)Here is the second official Man of Steel clip. It first surfaced when Amy Adams (Lois Lane) appeared on the Jimmy Kimmel Show. Nothing we haven’t seen before Maniacs. It is interesting how Cavill is controlling his voice. He manages a smile and a calm vo

No Iron Man, No Whedon
by Robert T. Trate, News Editor (June 05, 2013)Variety (via the Daily Beast) released the news that Joss Whedon will not make Avengers 2 with out Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man. In what may be one of the greatest power plays in Hollywood, Whedon is laying it out for Marvel that he needs Robert Downey Jr

Friday the 13th Back at Paramount
by Robert T. Trate, News Editor (June 05, 2013)Jason fans rejoice! Mr. Voorhees will rise again. Who do you have to thank? Well Christopher Nolan of course. Now before you say Holy Hockey Mask Batman, Nolan will not be involved with a sequel to the 2009 relaunch. His up coming film Interstellar figured

First OFFICIAL Look: Magento
by Robert T. Trate, News Editor (June 05, 2013)Finally an image from Bryan Singer’s Twitter to get excited about. The director of X-Men: Days of Future Past has twittered yet another image from the production of the film. Only this time it reveals that of it’s characters has developed his powers to

Desolation of Smaug Photo
by Robert T. Trate, News Editor (June 05, 2013)Entertainment Weekly released a first look photo of Evangeline Lilly’s character Tauriel from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. I find it it interesting that Entertainment Weekly calls this a “first look” photo. It may be one for the masses, but E

The Summer of '83: The Man with Two Brains
by Rob Vaux, Mania Critic (June 05, 2013)Steve Martin made his share of bad movies, but sometimes he could pull one out through sheer force of comedic will. Such was The Man with Two Brains, a joint effort with the great Carl Reiner that proves more silly than funny. Somehow, some way its star ma

Man of Steel Movie CLIP #1
by Robert T. Trate, News Editor (June 04, 2013)Here is the first clip to emerge from Zach Snyder’s Man of Steel. No spoilers here, just a little back and fourth between Lois Lane (Any Adams) and Perry White (Laurence Fishburne). Was it just me or did this clip look like it was bootlegged? MovieclipsC

Keaton in Birdman
by Robert T. Trate , News Editor (June 04, 2013)This one could go either way. Having it star a Batman is something that makes it worth while to us here at Mania. In Birdman, Michael Keaton plays a former actor who is trying to start his career over again. Sadly, he is being haunted by his iconic portray

Winter Soldier Photos Surface
by Robert T. Trate , News Editor (June 04, 2013)Comicbookmovie.com has posted some new on set photos from Captain America: The Winter Soldier. There are several that are just plain boring but, these two show off the Winter Solider (Sebastian Stan). What do you think Maniacs? The film is already less tha

This Is the End Movie CLIP: The Power Compels You
by Robert T. Trate , News Editor (June 04, 2013)Here is a new clip from Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg’s This Is The End. This is a bit of spoiler however, some of this footage has found its way into the trailers. This film is up against some pretty big competition as it debuts the same day as Man of St

Benicio Del Toro for Guardians of the Galaxy
by Robert T. Trate , News Editor (June 04, 2013)Deadline has broken the news that Benicio Del Toro has also been cast in Guardians of the Galaxy. The cast has really boomed over the past week with recent additions including Glenn Close, Karen Gillan, and probably John C. Reilly. Del Toro’s casting is

DVD Shopping Bag: Clint Eastwood: 40 Film Collection
by Robert T. Trate, News Editor (June 04, 2013)This week, Warner Brothers is releasing the Clint Eastwood: 40 Film Collection. That’s right, 40 films that star and are occasionally directed by the living legend, Clint Eastwood. Most actors only dream of having a career as long and as diverse as Mr. E

Cloud Atlas Blu-Ray Review
by Tim Janson, Columnist and Critic (June 04, 2013)From what I understand, the 2004 David Mitchell novel which the Cloud Atlas film is based on is much better than the film. Yeah it damn well better be! Nothing underscores how tragically convoluted this film is more than the Directors, Lana and Andy

The Summer of '83: Psycho II
by Rob Vaux, Columnist and Critic (June 04, 2013)The sheer audacity of shooting a sequel to Psycho seems inconceivable now. Follow up on a masterpiece? Continue the tale of the most perfect thriller ever put to celluloid? Blasphemy! And yet, as we’ve seen with A&E’s Bates Motel, you can still mine po

10 Films That Would Have Been Better As Twilight Zone Episodes
by Michael Henley, Contributing Writer (June 04, 2013)Few television shows have been as influential as Rod Serling’s original Twilight Zone, which from 1959-1964 tantalized audiences with a weekly, heady cocktail of speculative fiction, social commentary and stark morality plays heavy on tidy, weighted iron